Wolf Packs Stick Together
Don't own beyblade. Not sure of pairings yet, i'm probably gonna take reader votes.
CHAPTER ONE : WHO THE HELL ARE YOU?
"Hn," Kai grunted as he caught his blue and red beyblade for the eighth time in a row.
The twelve cans he'd been using to practice fell from the sky and into a perfect pyramid right in the center of the clearing. A slight rustling in the grass warned the highly alert teen of another watcher. He stalked over to the cans and picked them up, depositing them in their former positions. The last one he kept in his hand, acting as if he were putting it back. He "wandered" over to the clump of bushes that were trembling suspiciously. All at once he leaned over, kicked the foliage, and grabbed the offender by the back of his T-shirt.
The intruder was none other than Tyson Granger, Kai's most annoying enemy. Actually, Kai tolerated him, but barely. Tyson was making choking noises as he was hauled bodily upwards by the much stronger fifteen year old. Kai gave him one of those I-am-so-going-to-kill-you looks, then dropped him in the dirt and finished replacing the cans. He clipped Dranzer onto the launcher and threaded the ripcord through. Kai leveled the launcher and had his hand on the cord when a voice rang out, shattering the silence.
"Nice trick you have there, dude," Tyson said to his Captain while whipping out his own launcher with Dragoon at the ready.
He pulled the cord hard and Dragoon sailed through the air. The beyblade hit the ground and began attacking the cans in an almost perfect replica of the pattern as Kai had been doing only minutes before. Each time the white beyblade hit its mark, a metallic CLINK could be heard. Crash after crash resounded in the silence, Tyson's grin fading with each one. He winced as the last can fell into the pile, and Kai leveled a death glare at the blue-haired teen.
"Guess I need a little more practice, eh, Kai?"
The glare was turned up another two notches to you're-going-to-wish-you- were-dead-when-I'm-done-with-you.
"I came to tell you that Kenny wants to see you," Tyson continued as if he hadn't noticed a thing change.
Then again, maybe he hadn't.
Kai raised his right eyebrow ever so slightly. He had absolutely no idea what the long-haired freak wanted, but if he wanted to give Dranzer another check up...
I will personally castrate him with a rusty spoon, Kai assured himself.
Quick as a flash, Kai launched Dranzer and knocked out Dragoon. The beyblade moved like a blue bolt of lightning, and it demolished the thin aluminum of the cans easily. In a few seconds, all that remained of the helpless items were twelve tops and a pool of melted aluminum. Without so much as looking back, Kai caught his blade and strode off into the growing darkness.
Tyson stood there in shock after seeing how effortlessly Dranzer had pulverized the metal. Then he realized how close he had come to being in place of those cans by spying-or at least attempting to spy-on his Captain rather than just walking up and having a one-sided conversation with him. Kai always was touchy about his privacy. Tyson came to realize that the only thing that saved him from Kai's wrath was the fact that he was on the same team as the older boy. Not a very comforting thought, as Kai was still staying at the dojo for lack of anywhere else to go.
Kai walked through the dark streets to Kenny's house. The restaurant lights were still on, which meant that there would still be customers inside. He sighed. Kai didn't like being near large crowds of people or having anyone get behind him. It just made him nervous, which was understandable, given that he had lived six years at the abbey. Gritting his teeth, he calmly strode inside and up the stairs to the computer whiz's bedroom.
Kenny was typing away on his laptop, which was talking back to him. No high-tech interactive programs for this guy. No, he had a real live bitbeast trapped inside those sheets of silicon and plastic. The brown-haired boy didn't even notice Kai's arrival until Dizzy mentioned it to him. By this time Kai had been standing behind Kenny for five minutes, reading over his shoulder as the other boy sat cross-legged on the floor.
"I think Kai's here to see you," Dizzy commented.
Kenny whirled around and jumped up to face the Captain of the Bladebreakers. He began babbling that Kai should have said something and not scared the daylights out of him like that. Kai took a step backward to lean against the doorframe in a typical Kai-like manner. He crossed his arms over his chest and narrowed his eyes in silent warning. His aristocratic features twisted slightly into an expression of disgust. The slate-haired teen did not like excessive use of words.
Kenny shut up as soon as he saw that look.
"I wanted to give you a new weight disc for Dranzer," the long-haired boy said happily, "It should improve his speed and attacking strength greatly. Here, try it out."
Kenny held out a small, gray object to the fifteen year old. Kai accepted it and transferred it to his beyblade. He held Dranzer in his hand for a moment to feel the differences in its weight and balance. He grunted his thanks and stole out of the room, not wanting to demolish anything of the younger boys while testing out the new addition. Kenny scrambled to catch up, following Kai outside, where Dranzer was at the ready.
He grunted as he let his blade free on the street.
The scarlet and azure beyblade hit the ground and whirred on the asphalt of the street. It began executing several spins, turns, and dodged around potholes. Kenny frowned; this was exactly the same as Kai's normal control, showing that the slate-haired teen had yet to master the magnet disc.
Then, in what seemed like an eyeblink, Kai got the hang of the new addition to his blade. Dranzer gained a burst of speed and literally disappeared. Kenny's frown turned into a smirk of satisfaction. Kai's face creased in concentration. He gritted his teeth and clenched his fists. Dranzer leapt into the air and seemed to teleport to another spot in the airspace five feet away. It zigzagged through the air faster than the eye could see. Kai turned to a nearby garbage can and pulled out a discarded water bottle. He tossed it into the air, where Dranzer was still dodging back and forth.
There was a flash of light and the whistle of wind slicing over a fast-moving object. The bottle came down, cleanly cut, in a hundred pieces. Kai smirked. Kenny raised a hard to see eyebrow. Kai was good, there was no doubt about that.
"So, do you like it, Kai?" Kenny asked the Captain of the Bladebreakers.
Kai didn't respond verbally, but he did lose the smirk and nod his head once. In reality, this was probably his favorite upgrade he'd ever gotten. Of course, he wasn't about to admit it. Dranzer shot back down from the heavens, a mere streak of sapphire lightning. Kai shot out his corresponding hand and snatched it out of the air, then pivoted on his right foot and left Kenny in silence.
Kenny, who hadn't expected a thank-you, just rolled his eyes and walked back into his house, yelling over his shoulder at the fast disappearing figure.
"Remember, Kai, we have practice tomorrow at the park!"
He wasn't graced with an answer. The bluenette just kept walking into the darkness. To where, one may ask. Well, where does Kai always go? To the park, of course. He needs to practice. After all, there was a tournament to win in three days time. And even if there wasn't, Kai would still be practicing anyway. It was just one of the things he did.
At The Park
Kylvren was currently sitting in a tree. Well, more precisely, she was sitting in a tree in the park, at midnight. Watching the captain of the Bladebreakers train. Not that he knew she was there, of course, but all the same, she had a great vantage point to see what he could really do with his blade. Unlike many fangirls, Kylvren was not there to ogle at the oh-so-aloof-hot-and-all-famous Kai Hiwatari. She, too, would be competing in the upcoming tournament, and she would win over any competitor.
Even him.
Ky stretched out on the branch a little more. She made sure the cap covering her hair was still fully on. Unlike most teens, Kylvren had hair as white as snow, and it wasn't dyed, either. Her eyes were pale crimson, with darker red pupils, and her pale skin was currently hidden under long clothing and soot.. She was albino, a very rare condition in humans. Because of her eyes' sensitivity to light, she'd always preferred night to day.
This, of course, led to several rumors that she was a vampire. Which she, naturally, laughed at.
Kylvren's eyes narrowed as Kai began attacking a small clump of bushes, shredding them into a neat, green box. He would be a worthy opponent in the stadium, as well as outside it. The barest hint of a smile crept onto her face. She thought about the coming battle, then snapped out of her daydreams when the sound of Kai's beyblade came to an abrupt halt.
He had caught his blade and was moving on to another bush somewhere else in the park. He went in the opposite direction as her branch was facing. Ky cursed herself for not being able to move without the slate-haired boy noticing. As he circled around, Kylvren lay perfectly still, careful not to twitch a muscle. When he was out of sight for two minutes or so, she slowly sat up and turned around to face the trunk.
Only to find her nose an inch away from that of Kai's. He was not looking overly benevolent at the moment. Their eyes locked, red on red, in a fearsome battle of wills. The glaring battle went on for a while, until Kai finally broke the silence with his monotonous voice, laced with anger.
She most definitely did not want to hear that tone of voice again. At least from someone as competently lethal as he was.
"Why were you spying on me?"
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